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DIY Synths Database

154 points by guardienaveugle 23 hours ago | 23 comments

Parae 19 hours ago

Really great project and nice collection ! There also are some non-open source but still hackable synth out there, such as the Korg NTS-1. It's not exactly DIY but a "mount it yourself kit" and Korg maintains a C and C++ SDK for oscillo and fx.

Funny part with the x0xb0x, the creator mentioned that the x0xb0x is free as "Free your mind and your ass will follow", the funkiest open source clause

kzalesak 21 hours ago

Amazing! Is there any chance you'd know how to add my little digital addition? https://github.com/kzalesak/Digisynth

Or alternatively, what changes would it need to be eligible?

leslielurker 19 hours ago

>Write about it in the repo discussions. Or make a repo fork, create a file in the _posts/ directory then submit a PR.

There are a few requirements on the about page (published schematics, firmware and a video demo):

https://diy-synths.snnkv.com/about/

frabert 19 hours ago

Cool project! Why do you call it digital though? The oscillator is analog

kzalesak 14 hours ago

Well, the oscillator is a Schmitt trigger. The trigger waits for a capacitor to discharge pas a hysteresis point, but uses discrete voltage levels to switch. So, maybe semi-analog?

frabert 10 hours ago

I would consider a synth digital if it contains a DAC or at least a DCO, otherwise you'd say that relaxation oscilators are analog too :)

chrissoundz 17 hours ago

If it helps anyone, bom-squad.com is a very similar project and the whole site behind it is on github as well. Full disclosure I contributed to this project myself.

lomase 20 hours ago

Thanks to Mutable Instruments for putting out there all that DSP code.

pbronez 15 hours ago

Absolutely - incredible to see how many places that code shows up.